Design Quotes

3017 Design quotes by 1636 unique authors

Don't spend too much time planning, release early and often, some things will work, others won't, refine and move forward and above all forget the… — Kevin Rose
A work of art is one of mystery, the one extreme magic; everything else is either arithmetic or biology. — Truman Capote
The next time you're caught in a room full of smart people doing something dumb (like trying to anticipate what your users will do), tune… — Daniel Burka
There is no such thing as information overload, just bad design. If something is cluttered and/or confusing, fix your design. — Edward Tufte
Work your ass off. Don't be an asshole. — Stefan Sagmeister
If we want users to like our software we should design it to behave like a likeable person: respectful, generous and helpful. — Alan Cooper
Some people like what you do, some people hate what you do, but most people simply don't give a damn. — Charles Bukowski
I am always driven by the terror of humiliation. — Judd Apatow
Design is an art of situations. Designers respond to a need, a problem, a circumstance, that arises in the world. The best work is produced… — Ellen Lupton
Worry is essentially a misuse of imagination. — Alex Faickney Osborn
Objects and their manufacture are inseparable, you understand a product if you understand how it's made. — Jonathan Ive
I don't think that design needs theory, but I think designers need theory. — Unknown Author
Design is as much an act of spacing as an act of marking. — Ellen Lupton
Once you eliminate quality as a requirement, the entire design process becomes a whole lot easier. — Jared Spool
I'm creative because I did an icon navigation while everyone else on the planet sticks to words? No, it just means I didn't want to… — Unknown Author
I've always considered myself a graphic artists - a draftsman - as opposed to a typist. I do still work on a drawing table. At… — Michael Schwab
Your best work is your expression of yourself. Now, you may not be the greatest at it, but when you do it, you're the only… — Frank Gehry
When designing an interface, imagine that your program is all that stands between the user and hot, sweaty, tangled-bedsheets-fingertips-digging-into-the-back sex. — Randall Munroe
I want to risk hitting my head on the ceiling of my talent. I want to really test it out and say: O.K., you're not… — Quentin Tarantino
We're all naturally curious when we're eight years old. But as most people get older, they become less and less curious, so they ask other… — Ron Miriello
The good is not a category that interests me. — Rem Koolhaas
It's about whittling. It's about taking something and whittling and whittling and getting it sharp and perfect. Then you've got something. — James Victore
Beauty is the ultimate defense against complexity. — David Gelernter
The quality of any creative endeavor tends to approach the level of taste of whoever is in charge. — John Gruber
Real art has the capacity to make us nervous. — Susan Sontag

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